The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24
FLORIDA.
tBOhlDA.
jefferson countV's peach crop

De a good one
DR.. H. j. Long, of Enterprise, has pur-
chased the Sanford market.
The Orange City and New Smyrna rail
road is said to be doing a good business
L. G. Prescott, of Eustis, has donated
site for Baptist church overlooking Lake
Oracle.
There are six men in Orlando whose
weight collectively amounts to over 800
pounds, and twenty men who weigh over
200 pounds each also reside in the city
Mayor Lilienthal, of Sanford, has pre-
sented the Gate City Band with handsome
gold watch TO be ratified for the purpose of
buying uniforms with the proceeds arising
therefrOm.
in the claim of Mr. Edwards, who asked
for 81 900 damages Of the Sanford and Lake
Eustis railroad for running their track
though his homestead, was awarded $50 by
the arbitrator who went out on Wednesday.
A bunch of half dozen orange carrots
has been exhibited in Orlando varying in
circumference from ) to . IL inches, and in
length from II TO 81 inches. The vegetables
with their tops would have filed a bushel
basket.
Thomas F. Higgins is authority for the
statement that in the boring of an ar
tesian well at Belair Grove, near Sanford,
at the depth of 100 feet, there were strong
ilulCdJlOuS Ol OH. 4 ne DelleI eAlSJS UildU a
strong oil vein is in close proximity.
At Mariana a 4. fire broke out in and
burned to the ground the servants house on
the lot owned by George r. Smith last
Monday. An infant of the woman occupy
ing the house was seriously burned The
fire was kept from spreading and no other
damage was done.
The Orlando Record announces that it
will issue, on or about July f. a sixteen-page
trade edition of 10000 copies. A special
feature of the edition will be prize article
ON the subject What can be done on five
acres in South FloridaE" for which cash
| prize of S25 is offered.
A young negro man was captured near
| Reddlck last week while in the act of set
| ting fire to George Sanders residence He
was jailed under three charges-fring a
| house, carrying concealed weapons and en-
tering house in the night time The dam
age to Mr.. Sanders house was slight
Ocala Free Press: The SAVANNAH NEWS
came out in a new and handsome summer
| suit Thursday, improving it immensely
| The only difference about it is that the ed
ltor failed to say anything or commend it
| to the people. The NEWS is a great paper
and the people Of Florida love it for its de-
votion TO their interests.
The water works of the Leon Hotel, Tai
lahassee, were completed Saturday and set
| to work. The capacity of the pump is about
| 1900 gallons of water per hour. The source
| OF water supply is a spring near the gas
works. Three large jets of pure water burst
out of the hillside i'll sufficient quantity to
| much more than supply the demands Of the
Leon.
A sneak thief entered the premises of Col,
| Henderson, at Tallahassee, while his family
were at church Sunday night and carried
off $500 worth of jewelry, etc, consisting of
| the following: a set of diamond earrings,
| several pieces of silverware, including q
sugar dish, forks, spoons, knives, and table
| linen; also IA silver Waltham open face
| watch with chain and locllet, a small clock
| photo albums etc. The only articles known
| to have been marked We're the solid silver
spoons, marked "W" One hundred dollars
reward is offered for the capture of the
thief.
Z. W. Speir began his career as post
master at Orlando when the mail was
| brought 10 his office by an OK team, the en-
tire contents Of the bag being counted on the
| fingers. The time now consumed in the
| transmission of letter from New York
city to Orlando is less than half that re-
| quired in the early days of Mr. Speir's cd
ministration to receive one from Jackson
| sonville All the office required at that
! time for the convenient transaction of it's
| business was a square box containing TWEEN
! ty-four pigeon holes placed on an empty
hour barrel
Some ten days or two weeks ago two
| judgments were issued from the Justice
| Court in Sanford over which Capt. William
Shrine manipulates the gayel. The judg-
ments were against Mr.. Dawes, who is a
contractor on the Florida Midland rail
road. The judgments We're placed in the
hands OF Sheriff Anderson of Orlando, for
! collection. The Sheriff proceeded TO Long
wood, where, on the arrival Of "A train, he
chained and locked it to the track,
| where II remained until the judgments, one
for 80 and another for S94, were paid, to-
! gether with the cost of suit in tho case
A new deal is on foot to fight the Jackson
| vile Times Union. An early edition of the
| Pa!atka Dday .Ne,Os is to he struck Off and
sent 10 Jacksonville on the express that
! passes Ialathu 0t a. M, and Offered % the
! people of Jacksonville upon the arrival of
! the train rs a competitor of the Times
| Union. Mr.. Hammond is 30 be the Jack
| sOnville editor and is now in Jacksonville
| completing the preliminary work of solicit.
/ ing business among the hu-ues, men. 10 is
/ believed that Mr. Grill The STATE Treasurer.
| i The power behind the throne, and il is
/ said that he deposits the State money i'm the
/ National Bank az Palatka. and Is pushing
the Aews aud Mr. Harrison as his organ.
The First National Bank of Sanford has
been Organized as follows; President Fred
efick II, Rand, Lougwood; Vice President.
Moses Lyman, New YORK: Cashier, Franz
+. Forster, Sanford These gentlemen.
with the following, constitute the BDtrd ~
Directors. t0.Hit: Lyman Phelps. b. X.
| 1wpOpe, H. H. Deforest, Louis MrCHIu.
sanford. fla j ~ WoIhOrIr. Winter
! Park, Fia. Frederick " Lyman Nmno.
sJtn Tho new bank VIII alccrei 10 the
businc. oi .hf Lyulnu Bank as soon ns fhe
uft4sahfH nheiu bl.iuDn with tnr Comp
uollfrnt Washington c1u effuulaiad. nId
lp buYkt me, b. obtained Possibly D.
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